How I Make Things....

Monday, 05 October 2009 20:27 | Author: Administrator |

A long time ago somebody thought it would be a good idea to write down how they made a 14th century spindle widget so that others could make spindle widgets and revel in that same joy. Others requested it because they were jealous and wanted to make better spindle widgets. And as they did it more than once, it became tradition. Lo, SCA Documentation was born!

Don't get me wrong, I love reading how people did their projects. I just hate writing my own. Most of the time I use the same techniques to create cast items, just with a different design. And I rarely try to reproduce an item from history because:

A) I don't have a piece to study (those things are expensive)

B) I often like to do original work using period technique.

However, every so often I display things and as such do up the documentation. Below are the various papers I have written over the years for various metal working and casting projects. Please feel free to read them.